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Solange Knowles is launching a free radical library.

Solange Knowles is launching a free radical library.

By Brittany Allen | September 26, 2025

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

“Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

From “The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature”

By Yogita Goyal | May 21, 2024

Terrance Hayes on Shakespeare, Ol' Dirty Bastard and What Makes a Good MFA

Terrance Hayes on Shakespeare, Ol' Dirty Bastard and What Makes a Good MFA

The Author of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin in Talks to Jeffrey J. Williams

By Jeffrey J. Williams | May 9, 2018

The Legacy of Amiri Baraka: Four Poets

The Legacy of Amiri Baraka: Four Poets

Evie Shockley, Danez Smith, Harmony Holiday, and Thomas Sayers Ellis

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2015

The G closes in on a riot

The G closes in on a riot

Amiri Baraka's Poetics of Collective Listening

By Harmony Holiday | April 20, 2015

All Elders be Eloquence, or One Way to Pay Dem You Owe

All Elders be Eloquence, or One Way to Pay Dem You Owe

On Recording the track "Sad Dictator"

By Thomas Sayers Ellis | April 20, 2015

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